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Q: Podcasts app is using 2.5GB of "Documents & Data" - why?

Are many others having issues with the Podcasts app "Documents & Data" taking up lots of memory?

 

Right now if I look in iPhone Settings / General / Storage & iCloud Usage / Manage Storage, I can see that Podcasts is taking up 3.6GB. I select that, and see that podcast episodes themselves are 1.1GB. Looking at that in detail, that seems to include the episodes that have been played but haven't yet reached the 24-hour deletion time. OK, that's fine. That's supposed to be there. But what troubles me is that "Documents & Data" is 2.5GB. What on earth is this 2.5GB? Is there a way to get rid of it that doesn't involve entirely resetting my phone? And if I do reset my phone, will it just fill up again in a couple of weeks?

 

A few weeks ago this was around 2GB, I think, so it's edged up, but I've certainly added and erased far more than 500MB of podcasts over that time. I haven't tried tracking this on a day by day basis to figure out if it's ever gone down.

 

Thanks in advance for any suggestions out there.

iPhone 5, iOS 9

Posted on Oct 4, 2015 6:44 PM

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Q: Podcasts app is using 2.5GB of "Documents & Data" - why?

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  • by Foane,

    Foane Foane Oct 6, 2015 12:25 PM in response to Lost in Asia
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    Oct 6, 2015 12:25 PM in response to Lost in Asia

    I have the exact same problem... Help would be highly appreciated!

  • by forestrycorps,

    forestrycorps forestrycorps May 22, 2016 8:25 AM in response to Lost in Asia
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    May 22, 2016 8:25 AM in response to Lost in Asia

    just talked to apple about this...nothing they can do...they don't understand the problem as they say the documents and data is what the app needs to operate.  They seemed shocked when i told them it continued to grow so that WAS NOT correct.  They said only solution was backup, complete FACTORY reset then don't use the app.  isn't that special.  One more year until upgrade then never an iphone again